Labour Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn ordered a crackdown on foreigners working in occupations restricted to Thai nationals after the ministry made more than 4,400 arrests for the offence in the past nine months.
An incident on Thursday involving a police officer and a motorcycle rider has sparked public debate in Thailand, following the release of dashcam footage showing a young female passenger being thrown from a motorcycle and hitting her head on the road.
A tourist from the United Arab Emirates has been fined for driving a car on a Phuket beach.
The Dutch Association in Thailand is taking steps to prevent the sale of the Dutch Embassy compound in Bangkok, a unique property on 206 Wireless Road, to local developers.
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Bangkok, Thailand – Phoonseeraah “Ada” Tieanworn, a student at Choate Rosemary Hall, USA, has been named by the International Baccalaureate Organization (IB)—a nonprofit foundation headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland and founded in 1968—as a recipient of the Global Youth Action Fund 2025. This highly competitive award includes $2,500 USD in funding to expand her initiative, Global Hospitality Aid (GHA), which pioneers upcycling of byproducts from Thailand’s hotel industry into survival kits for displaced individuals in conflict and disaster zones around the world.
Amid the atmosphere of the 53rd National Book Fair and the 23rd Bangkok International Book Fair at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center (QSNCC), one voice stood out — that of a 17-year-old who introduced a fresh perspective on rice through a bilingual children’s book.
